2 of 14Coast Guard Flood Punt Teams conduct rescue operations in Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 11, 2017. The Coast Guard has deployed assets and resources from across the country to assist in rescue operations for Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Coast Guard)

3 of 14Five airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron conduct search-and-rescue missions on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 9, 2017, in conjunction with the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. The airmen have controlled multiple helicopter landing zones and evacuated numerous victims by hoisting them to Kentucky Army Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for evacuation. (Air National Guard)

9 of 14Soldiers with the Florida National Guard’s Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package inflate a zodiac boat used in the rescue operations of civilians during disasters such as Hurricane Irma. The CERF-P joins the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services and Urban Search and Rescue at a staging in Orlando while they await reconnaissance and rescue missions. (Staff Sgt. Carmen Fleischmann/National Guard)

10 of 14Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kevin Colby conducts preflight inspections on his UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as aircrews of the New York Army National Guard’s Company B, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment prepare for takeoff and deployment from Long Island MacArthur Airport, Islip, N.Y., to Florida in support of the Guard response to Hurricane Irma on Sept. 11, 2017. Ten UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and 55 aircrew members and maintainers deployed from three flight facilities across the state to support the Florida Army National Guard. (Capt. Mark Getman/New York National Guard)

11 of 14Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing assist in the evacuation of stranded American citizens from Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, Sept. 8, 2017. The rescue wing, staging out of San Juan, Puerto Rico with the Puerto Rica Air National Guard’s 156th Airlift Wing, provided rescue support to those requiring urgent medical care following the devastation of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean. The coordinated effort between the Department of State and Department of Defense evacuated 1,172 Americans and 35 other foreign nationals from St. Maarten with the 106th prior to the arrival of Hurricane Jose. (Air National Guard photos courtesy of the 106th Rescue Wing)

12 of 14The New York National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing assists in airlifting U.S. citizens stranded in St. Martin on Sept. 9, 2017, after Hurricane Irma devastated the island, with HC-130 King aircrews, maintainers, rescue teams and other Airmen from New York, Puerto Rico and Kentucky to name a few. (Maj. Sean Boughal/National Guard)

13 of 14U.S. Air Force Guardian Angel pararescuemen from the 121st Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, unload their equipment from an MC130P Combat Shadow aircraft assigned with the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard at Miami Opa Locka Executive Airport, Fla., as Hurricane Irma approaches Sept. 9, 2017. The Guardian Angel team are prepositioning themselves and staging equipment 20 miles outside of Miami in a safety bunker rated for a Category 5 hurricane in order to have immediate capability once the storm passes to begin personnel recovery operations. (Tech. Sgt. Joseph Prouse/Air National Guard)